The Iowa Hawkeyes will play Illinois State (FCS) on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — see below for the complete slate.

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2024 Iowa Game and TV Schedule

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Iowa 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Hawkeyes will face the 13th-toughest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (82).
• In terms of difficulty — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Iowa will be playing the 28th-ranked schedule this year.
• The Hawkeyes will face the 17th-hardest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (65).
• Iowa will play eight games in 2024 against teams with winning records in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and zero of them totaled three or fewer wins).
• The Hawkeyes will play nine teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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Iowa Stat Insights (2023)

• The Hawkeyes struggled on offense last season, ranking worst in FBS (234.6 yards per game). However, they ranked seventh-best on the other side of the ball, surrendering just 282.5 yards per game.
• Iowa sported the fourth-best defense last season in terms of points allowed (14.8 points allowed per game), but it ranked second-worst on the offensive side of the ball (15.4 points per game).
• The Hawkeyes had the sixth-best pass defense last season (170.7 passing yards allowed per game), but they ranked fourth-worst on offense (118.6 passing yards per game).
• While Iowa ranked 25th-worst in FBS in rushing offense with 115.9 rushing yards per game, it was a different situation on defense, as it ranked 17th-best (111.8 rushing yards per game allowed).
• The Hawkeyes owned the 15th-best third-down defense last season (31.3% third-down percentage allowed), but they ranked fifth-worst on offense (29.4% third-down conversion rate).
• Iowa forced 15 total turnovers (99th in FBS) last season and turned it over 22 times (112th in FBS) to record a turnover margin of -7, the 16th-worst in college football.

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